A PROFESSIONAL hairdresser has revealed the right way to use dry shampoo – and turns out, a blow dryer is an essential element.
Dry shampoo is a godsend on days when you really want that extra little bit of sleep.
But if you’re anything like the team at Fabulous, chances are, you’ve been using it all wrong – one whizz, Tom Smith (@tomsmithhd), from London, took to TikTok to spill the beans.
According to Tom, most people miss out on a crucial step when applying the product – hair dryer.
”Spray a lot of dry shampoo on any oily areas – don’t worry if it looks powdery,” he said in the video.
”Once you sprayed it through, leave it for two minutes – that’s gonna give the particles in the dry shampoo time to absorb oils out of your hair and scalp.”
Then, he went on, comes the star of the show – your hair dryer which is used on a cold setting.
Use a gentle brush and blow and brush out all the fine particles – your locks will look fresh without any of the white powdery residue.
But if you, like many people on social media, have decided to ditch dry shampoo, keep on reading – there’s a homemade alternative that works wonders.
Beauty fans on TikTok are going wild over a hack that replaces dry shampoo with… corn flour and a bit if cocoa powder.
After seeing the cheap alternative go viral, Ashley Elizabeth, from the US, decided to try it for herself to see what the fuss was all about – and here’s how it went.
Following the instructions, Ashley, who posts under the username @ashrey29, first started by mixing corn flour with cocoa powder.
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If you’re a blonde, the latter is probably worth skipping, as it will give the locks a darker tone.
Once the cheap DIY mix was ready to use, Ashley grabbed a fluffy make-up brush and explained why she was so keen for the trick to work.
”If this works, this is gonna be amazing because I literally hate dry shampoo.
”[I] always feel like dry shampoo literally dries my hair out and I’m trying to grow my hair.
”I’m trying to wash it less because my hair cycle is completely off,” she added before demonstrating the tutorial on her day four greasy locks.
”I recently saw a girl do this and she said when she worked out she smelt like brownies, so just another reason to do it,” Ashley chuckled in her video.
The beauty enthusiast then divided her long locks in multiple sections and applied a generous amount of the DIY dry shampoo.
And although she looked a little crazy at first, once she had brushed it all through the results were amazing.
”Tell me my hair doesn’t look so much better.
”The oil is gone. The volume is back,” she couldn’t believe the results.
”I’ll take smelling like brownies over destroying my hair, drying it out, putting a bunch of chemicals in it, destroying my scalp.
